Seniors Actively Living Today - SALT

We are all salt of the earth. Seniors definitely fit in this category because we can add flavor to our own lives while enriching the lives of our families. Plan to be a part of this vibrant senior group. Hope to see you whenever you can make an event geared especially to you. Each month we will sponsor an event that will rotate with Learn and Grow, Service and Social.

Past events and activities: Alive and Kickin, musical theatre at Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, day in the park, game days, guest speakers, museum tours, Live shows and bike rides.

Please register for all events.  All are welcome!

Lutheran Social Services Tour & Lunch

Come and see the future LSS Center for Changing Lives - Frogtown/Rondo! 

Thursday, March 20 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 

709 University Avenue West, St. Paul 

Cost: $20/person for lunch

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Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS-MN) is grateful for your congregation's support of our ministries to serve all of God's people through social services that inspire hope, change lives, and build community. Together we serve 1 in 63 Minnesotans. We invite you to a private tour of the future Center for Changing Lives - Frogtown/Rondo on University Avenue. We have a dream (and a plan!) to build community and change lives through this innovative hub for children, youth, and families in which transitional housing and a youth resource center for young people experiencing homelessness, Early Learning Center for preschool children from low-income families, and access to financial counseling, mental health services, and case workers will be in one location. 

Rev. Amanda Simons, Director of Church Partnerships and Volunteerism, Jen Fairbourne, Director of Metro Homeless Youth Services, and Gabe Morcomb, Community Engagement Manager will be leading portions of this event. Come and hear the stories of LSS' ministry with young people experiencing homelessness and our hopes for how this future CFCL will inspire hope within them for their future. Following the tour, we will have lunch in the future Youth Resource Center and a service project to support the onsite Early Learning Center.  If you are a member of Thrivent Financial, you  can provide support for this project by accessing your Thrivent Action Team grants.

Lunch will be provided by Shobi’s table, a ministry of the St. Paul synod. Shobi’s table serves a fresh, from-scratch, delicious and nutritious lunch to anyone and everyone who comes to their food truck at various locations in St. Paul.

This will be a great opportunity to learn about two impactful ministries serving our St. Paul neighbors. Contact Kelly Kautz at kellykautz@hotmail.com or 952-649-9699 for more details.

I Believe in Music - Program and Lunch

Tuesday, April 22nd, 9:45am

Cost: $5 for the program, $12 for the program and lunch

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"I Believe in Music; Searching for meaning and messages of faith in the secular songs of our lives" is a program developed by Pastor Keith and DJ Jan. Jan is a member of Immanuel. The songs include themes of loneliness, forgiveness, friendship, grief, loss, prejudice, despair, kindness, love, determination, perseverance.... The artist and history of the song are presented below. Jan and Keith share their personal thoughts/feelings on the song and discuss with the group. Pastor Keith then connects the song with a bible verse and Christian philosophy. Lyrics are provided and all are encouraged to sing along. It promises to be a fun and thoughtful experience! The songs we will hearing this session are:

I Am A Rock by Simon and Garfunkel             (alienation)  Hebrews 10:25

Border Song by Elton John                            (prejudice)   Galatians 3:28

I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty                   (determination)  Galatians 6:9

Everything I own  by Bread                            (grief, regret)   Thessalonians 4:13

He Ain't Heavy, He's my brother                     (love one another)  Galatians 6:2

Jesus is Just All Right by Doobie Brothers    (Jesus as Friend)  Hebrews 13:8

I Believe in Music by Mac Davis